Collar-supporter



C. W. AHRENS.

COLLAR SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY H5, 1919.

Patented July 6, 1-920.

INVENT UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. AHRENS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

COLLAR-SUPPORTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES l/V. AHRnNs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York, N. Y., have invented a new and useful Collar-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to a supporter of the type of my'application #298,743, filed May 21st, 1919.

The main object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction which may be adjusted in height so as to fit different heights of collars. In all previous constructions with which I am acquainted, it is necessary to provide different sizes of supporters for different heights of collars. This necessitates not only additional tools, and machines for manufactur- I ing the parts, but requires the manufacturer, jobber and dealer to carry on hand all the different sizes 'for which there is likely to be a demand.

My improved construction contemplates the use of two parts which are adjustable with relation to each other, one part which may be called the base member being adapted to fit over the collar button and the other part which may be called the collar supporting member being adapted to hold up the front of the collar and also to-provide hooks or pins for holding the corners of a collar to suit the wearer.

In the drawings I have illustrated three modifications of my invention.

Figure l, is a front view of the preferred form of device showing the parts in full line in one relative position and in dotted lines showing the parts adjusted for a lower collar.

Fig. 2, are front and edge views respectively of the base member or collar button engaging portion of the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a front view of the collar supporting or engaging portion of the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4, is a. front view of a modified form and F ig. is'an edge view of the base or collar button engaging portion of the device of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6, is a front View of another modification.

Fig. 7, is a front View of another modification.

One member has the collar button engaging loop 7 and the two posts or arms 8-8 Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July6,1920.

Application filed July 16, 1919. Serial No. 311,158.

terminating in knobs orballs 9-9 at their upper ends. These side arms are preferably somewhat resilient and so proportioned with relation to the other member of the device that the armsare pressed together when the parts are assembled. The other member of the device has the collar supporting arms 10-10 and the lateral braces 11-11 which terminate in eyes or loops 12-12 for sliding on the lower ends ofthe posts 8-8 and hooks or points 18-13 for engaging the points of the collar. The upper collar supporting arms are spaced apart at the center so that they do not show above the tie (not shown), but are connected by downwardly extending corrugated portions 14-14 affording pockets for the shanks 15 at the upper ends of the collar button engaging member. 'The corrugated portions 141-14 are connected at their lower ends by .a cross piece 16. The pockets 17 are so shaped as to prevent the accidental disengagement of the upper ends of the collar button engaging member.

This construction being made in two parts is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and by reason of the construction, as described, it is possible to adjust the collar supporting member and the points at the lower edges vertically with respect to the collar button engaging member so as to make the device applicable to a number of different heights of collars. For instance, to decrease the height of the device from the full line position of Fig. 1 to the dotted line position, it is simply necessary to press the two arms or posts 8-8 toward each other so as to retract the upper ends from their engagement with the pockets in the lower end of the corrugated portion and then slide the collar supporting member downward until the proper height is secured and then release the posts or arms 8-8 and allowing the upper ends to reengage the corrugated portions of the wires. The collar supporting arms being resilient yield readily to the movement of the head and chin from side to side. The loops 12-12 and the points 13-13 are adapted to be moved upward with relation to the collar supporting arms 10-10 so as to produce greater or less tension to stretch the points of the collar (not shown).

In the form shown in Fi s. e and 5 the collar button engaging mem er is provided with a plurality of hook-like members such as 20, anyone of which is adapted to en gage the cross piece 21, on the collar supporting'member. In this case the upper part of the collar button engaging member is provided with a looped portion such as 22 adapted to slide on the portions 28 of the collar supporting member.

In the form shown in Fig. 6, the collar buttonengaging portion 25 is formed of sheet metal and provided with slots 26 for the loops or eyes 27 on the lower ends of the collar supporting member. The collar supporting arms 28-28 in this case, converge downward toward each other and are provided with a forwardly projecting button or knob 29 adapted to be inserted through any one of anumber of key hole shaped openings, such as 30 in the collar button engaging member. Although it is preferred that the device be provided with.

points or hooks such as 13 for engaging the collar to hold the points down, these hooks may be omitted as they are omitted from the form shown in Fig. 6. a

In the form shown in Fig. 7 the collar supporting member is provided with a screw threaded part 31. The button engaging member has an interiorly threaded tubular member 32 swiveled upon it and adjustable up and down on the part 31 so that the collar supporting member may be raised or lowered at will, by turning the member 32.

It will be obvious that many other modifications may be made in the details of construction and still accomplish the same results without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

I claim l l. A collar supporting device, comprising a member having laterally resilient posts and a second member having side arms vertically adjustable on said posts and having rsaaeaa a plurality of pockets adapted to be engaged by said posts.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a collar supporting member having laterally projecting armsspaced apart from each other, corrugated portions and a connecting cross piece and side braces and a secondmember adjustably connected,with said side braces and with said corrugated portions.

3. In a device of the characterdescribed,

the combination of a base member adapted to be mounted adjacent a collar button and having oppositely disposed upstanding posts and a collar-supporting member comprising laterally extending resilient collarsupporting arms and downwardly extending resilient braces connected to the outer ends of said arms and each having a sliding connection at its lower end with one of said posts, collar-engaging members carried by said lower ends of said braces, and adjustable means of connection between said members whereby the height of said collar-supporting arms above said base member may be varied.

4. A collar supporting device comprising a base member having means for engaging a collar button, and a. collar supporting member comprising laterally extending resilient wire collar supporting arms and downwardly extending resilient braces eX- tending toward the base member adjacent the means for engaging a collar button, each of said braces having a sharp collar engaging point at its lower end, and means for adjustably supporting said collar supporting member on said base member whereby the height of said collar. supporting arms and said collar engaging points may be simultaneously varied.

CHARLES "W. AHRENS. 

